Essential Ultimate: Teaching, Coaching, Playing

by Tiina Booth, Michael Baccarini, Tina Booth

Book Overview

Essential Ultimate: Teaching, Coaching, Playing will help you -develop an Ultimate fitness and conditioning program, -learn how to execute and teach the offensive and defensive skills and tactics of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736050930
• ISBN13: 9780736050937
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 14 to 21 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great Book

I was very pleased with this book. The descriptions of the various skills are very detailed and well-explained. I am a captain of a college Ultimate club and we have implemented a number of drills from this book into our practices. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in captaining a team.

Comprehensive

Great book. I liked that it addressed lots of apsects of the game, especially how to get notoriety of the game in the reader's community.

Most comprehensive coaching guide available

As a player-coach for several years, I was very impressed by the supplemental information provided in this book. The text has helped me articulate the mechanics involved in fundamental ultimate techniques such as throwing, catching, etc. as well as supplying important information about defensive and offensive strategy. I heartily recommend Jim Parinella's book as well, and have found it particularly useful for my own individual development. However, in terms of coaching and teaching your team and the players on it, I think this is the best ultimate book on the market today. -Ben PS In my opinion, the three most useful sections: throwing, offensive strategy, and fitness for ultimate players.

Essential Reading

"Wow" was my first reaction when Essential Ultimate arrived in the mail. With the rapid growth of juniors, high school, college, and club ultimate, finally, there is a textbook to teach skills correctly. For those who learn through pictures, this book rocks. --Erik Sebesta The Ultimate Showcase Series (USS)

A+++ Material

Whether you are an experienced coach or an aspiring ultimate player this book will help you improve every facet of you game. I had the pleasure of meeting Michael at a coaching clinic and I must say he is the cream of the crop in terms of coaching. This book covers everything from core fitness, learning ultimate and some tips to even help the advanced players. As a fairly new coach myself I really enjoyed the way different drills and skills are explained this book. It has become my Ultimate Bible very quickly.